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Electric Sign

1927

Emil Ganso

Associated Names

Emil Ganso

Artist, American, 1895 - 1941

The image depicts an urban rooftop scene with city structures. A rooftop with arched windows is in the foreground. A large cylindrical smokestack rises from the rooftop. On the left, there is a billboard with "DELI" written on it. Two water towers with conical roofs are below the billboard. The skyline is filled with buildings and the sky has a pattern of radial lines. The image uses a monochromatic color palette for light and shadow effects.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 482 x 340 mm
sheet: 437 x 295 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.1999
Catalogue Raisonné

Smith 1997, no. L-31A

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

in pencil, lower right: Emil Ganso; also signed in the print, lower left: E. Ganso (with the "s" reversed).

Wikidata ID

Q76550682

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